Run python inside python and capture output
This is taken from http://techkr.blogspot.com/2007/02/python-how-to-get-output-from-ossystem.html: How to execute python inside python and capture output: A quick solution using popen : import os result=os.popen('command').read() print result where command is your command (expl. on windows: dir,ipconfig,...) If you expect more than a line and want each word in a list: import os,string result=string.split(os.popen('dir/w').read())